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The Yard Theatre is a theatre and music venue in a converted warehouse in Hackney Wick in the
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. It programmes theatre and performance, late-night music events, and manages two community centres where it runs work with young people and its local community.


History

The Yard was founded by Artistic Director Jay Miller in 2011, with support from Tarek Iskander, Sasha Milavic Davies and Alex Rennie. They worked with architectural firm Practice Architecture to convert a disused warehouse into a theatre and bar. Originally intended to have a 3-month life-span, The Yard became an
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in 2017. In 2016 it took over management of Hackney Wick community centre Hub67, and in 2019 took on The Hall in East Village,
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.


Awards

The Yard was awarded the final
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Empty Space Award in 2017, as well as the Dan Crawford Innovation Award in 2012.


Programme

Shows that originated at The Yard include
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’s ''Chewing Gum Dreams'', which later transferred to the National Theatre and became the hit
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. Its successful late-night music programme has been featured in national press, and in the
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. Recent theatre productions include a gender-swapped production of Arthur Miller's ''
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'', the premiere of Pulitzer Award-winning writer Clare Barron’s ''Dirty Crusty'', and an entirely digital day of online performance, Yard Online. From March 2020 The Yard took all of its community and young people's work online in response to the
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References

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